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About the Artist:
Artist Bio
Meeson Pae Yang
meesonpaeyang@gmail.com
meesonpaeyang.com
Meeson Pae Yang received her B.F.A with a specialization in Sculpture/New Genres from the University of California Los Angeles in 2002. After completing her education at UCLA, she studied Sculpture and Digital Design/Video at El Camino College in Torrance, California. Yang was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and moved to Los Angeles at age five. She currently lives and works in Torrance, California. Yang is a member of the Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825. She has worked on collaborative installations with Tim Hawkinson and fellow LAAA artists. Yang’s solo shows include Angels Gate Cultural Center, The Loft in San Pedro, and Gallery 825. Her work has been shown at the Torrance Art Museum, Brewery Project, Phantom Galleries, and LA Artcore. Her work is in the permanent collections of Ace Gallery in Los Angeles and the Dallas World Trade Center. Yang is also a recipient of the Hans G. and Lordis W. Burkhardt Foundation Award and Beverly Alpay Award.
Meeson Pae Yang
meesonpaeyang@gmail.com
meesonpaeyang.com
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b. 1979, Indianapolis, IN; lives and works in Torrance, CA.
EDUCATION
2002 B.F.A University of Los Angeles California
Studio Art: Specialization- New Genres
2002-05 Certification & Additional Coursework, El Camino College
Digital Arts/Video, Sculpture, Gallery Management
AWARDS/HONORS
2007 Beverly G. Alpay Award
2005 L.A. Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention
2003 Damah Film Festival, Nominee for Transgression
2003 48 Hour Film Festival, Best Editing, Directing, Acting
2002 Hans G. and Lordis W. Burkhardt Foundation Award
2000-2 Dean’s Honor List
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Propagation, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA (September 7- October 5)
2006 Transitory, The Loft, San Pedro, CA (June 1-30)
{Systems}, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA (March 19-May 19)
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2006 Sweater, Directed by Tim Hawkinson, a collaborative installation with Sophia Allison, Neil Fenn, Sharon Kagan, and
Arthur Pembleton, Gallery 825, Los Angeles (June 24-July 21)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Systems Theory, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2007 Go Native: Installed, Phantom Galleries, Pasadena, CA
Process: Area and Volume, Gallery Nucleus, Alhambra, CA
Unity Yet Individuality, Opus Gallery, Torrance, CA
Intersection of Past and Present, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
2006 10th Annual Festival of New Media Arts, Online Archive, Freewaves, Los Angeles, CA
Contemplating Apocalypse, Brewery Projects, Los Angeles, CA,
Biannual, Gallery 825 South Annex, Hermosa Beach, CA, Juror: Jeremy Strick, MOCA
G.E.M, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA, Juror: Joni Gordon
2005 Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
6 Degrees, Walled City; San Pedro/Los Angeles, CA
2005 L.A. Juried Exhibition, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Juror: James Elaine
Index, El Camino Gallery Sculpture Garden, Torrance, CA
2004 Boundless, Stenersenmuseet, Norway, Curator: Henry Meyric Hughes
Open Call, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA, Juror: Kristina Newhouse
Art for Addicts II, Zear Satellite Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Open Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA, Juror: James Elaine
Open Call L.A. 2004, Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Exhibition, Torrance Cultural Arts Center, Torrance, CA
See Between the Lines, Bohemia Books, Los Angeles, CA
Instructors Exhibition, Stewart Gallery, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA
2002 Ofivina 02, New Song, Irvine, CA
VidArt, EDA & White Room, Los Angeles, CA
RASH, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001 Ofivina 01, New Song, Irvine, CA
Untitled, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Juror: David Pagel
2000 Untitled, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Juror: Karen Higa
REVIEWS & PUBLICATIONS
2007 Art & Living Magazine, summer ’07, page 110
Artifacts, Alpay Awards, summer ‘07, cover pg
2006 Los Angeles Times, Close-Knit ‘Sweater’ Teamwork, Holly Myers, July 14, 2006, Calendar E-20
California Homes, July 2006
2003 New Song Quarterly, Ofivina 02, Jung Cha, Winter 2003, p.56-57
LECTURES/DISCUSSIONS
2007 Artist Career Issues, Lecture, El Camino College, Torrance, CA
Conversation with the Artists, “Celebration of Korean Arts and Artists,” with Youn Woo Chaa, Ehja Kang, Koojah Kim, Yun Sun Lee, Meeson Pae Yang, Jae Hwa Yoo, Gye Young Jung
2006 Conversation with the Artists, "Sweater," with Sophia Allison, Neil Fenn, Tim Hawkinson,, Michele Jaquis, Sharon Kagan and Arthur Pembleton, LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
COLLECTIONS
2007 Private, Jaime Torres, Altadena, CA
2006 Ace Gallery, Doug Chrismas, Los Angeles, CA
2005 World Trade Center, Dallas, TX
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS/AFFILIATIONS
Los Angeles Arts Association-Gallery 825, Artist Member, Los Angeles, CA
Angels Gate Cultural Center, Education Director, San Pedro, CA
ISC, International Sculpture Center, Member Hamilton, NJ
Freewaves, Member, Los Angeles, CA
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